Static birefringent microlenses

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 317-327

  Scharf, Toralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birefringent microlens; Liquid crystal polymers; Micro optics

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MICROOPTICS; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

BIREFRINGENT MICROLENS; FOCAL LENGTH; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL QUALITY;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 9344271190     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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